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tangle(dictionary)
tangle(2)(dictionary)
tangle(medicine)
tangle(1)(dictionary)
tangle 2, noun(dictionary)
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neurofibrillary tangle(medicine)

intrauterine amputation (medicine) and tangle (iou)


intrauterine amputation (medicine)


intrauterine amputation -->
congenital amputation
Amputation produced in utero; attributed to the pressure of constricting bands (amniotic); autosomal recessive inheritance.

Synonym: amniotic amputation, amputation, birth amputation, intrauterine amputation, spontaneous amputation.


tangle (iou)



tangle verb. ME.
[Prob. of Scandinavian origin.]
verb trans. = ENTANGLE verb 2. ME.
Milton Tangl'd in the fold Of dire necessity. Time Hotels tangled in bankruptcy proceedings.
verb trans. = ENTANGLE verb 1. Also, cover with intertwined vegetation etc. E16.
M. E. Herbert Gardens..tangled over with..bright creepers. D. Leavitt There were clothes and underwear tangled among the bedsheets.
verb trans. Catch and hold fast (as) in a net or snare; entrap. E16.
fig.: Bible (Tyndale): Matthew 22:15 The farises..toke counsell howe they myght tangle him in his wordes.
verb trans. Intertwine in a confused mass; intertwine the parts or threads of in this way; make tangled. Freq. foll. by up. M16.
Ld Macaulay He had cut the knot which the Congress had only twisted and tangled. G. Vidal A sharp wind tangled her hair.
verb intrans.
a. Become involved in conflict or argument; fight, contend; get involved, associate. (Foll. by against, with, up with.) Now colloq. (rare before 20). M16.
D. Hammett While we're tangling, them bums will eat us up. L. Gribble No better fun in the world than tangling with the Hun. Listener He..tangles romantically with his producer's wife.
b. Be or become entangled or intertwined. Also, have a tangled course, twist about confusedly. L16.
J. Carew You could..catch crabs where the mangrove roots tangled by the seashore. P. Scupham The cockpit tangling on the shrouded hill. A. Carter A kitten tangling up in a ball of wool.
Comb.: tanglefoot (chiefly N. Amer.) (a) slang intoxicating liquor; (b) colloq. material applied to a tree-trunk as a grease-band; tangle-footed adjective having tangled feet, stumbling; tangle-leg(s) (a) = hobblebush s.v. HOBBLE noun; (b) slang = tanglefoot (a) above.
tangled ppl adjective intertwined in a complicated and confused manner; matted, mixed up; fig. complicated, intricate: L16.
tanglement noun the condition of being tangled; an instance of this; a tangle: M19.
tangler noun (rare) E16.
tangling noun (a) the action of the verb; (b) in pl., something tangled: M16.
tanglingly adverb in a tangling manner M19.